SAN DIEGO - A bartender in San Diego was violently attacked over Labor Day weekend after asking patrons to wear face masks.Tony Aversa, a bartender and manager at 710 Beach Club in Pacific Beach, San Diego, said that a couple of patrons, who were not wearing masks, were arguing to be let into the bar on Sept.
5. The doorman refused to let them in due to San Diego’s coronavirus restaurant regulations requiring that patrons wear facial coverings.Aversa was asked to help de-escalate the situation, when a person from the group came running toward him, blindsiding him.
Aversa said he was sucker-punched in the face, and the attack was caught on video.Tony Aversa suffered from a collapsed nasal cavity and broken nose “I immediately knew my nose.